My first Sanwa stick is FINISHED!!!

[The Mullah]

It's taken me a while to get this all done but i just finshed it all up and this time around it all work perfectly!

If you follow the link at the bottom you'll see the fruits of my labour. Since it was my first time using sanwa parts, i stuck with my 2 year old box design. Although it is a solid box with a pretty decent finish, the likes of tha darkside and other elite stick makers have since knocked out many seamless/jointless boxes and also done so on a smaller scale. :tup: so my design no longer as exciting, but i'm pretty pleased regardless. :tup:

Upgrades i made were: using sanwa parts, insetting the lexen panel, and using a wood finish on the mdf paintwork.

More importantly i have to say thank you to a few people who helped me greatly in this little project. Armadillo wired up my official xbox pcb and did an absolutely amazing job. It looks like a machine did it and was flawless. He charged me a great price, shipped it express delivery and was a pleasure to deal with. Need wiring done? look no further!
Rod sorted me out with my buttons and ball tops. you all know how great he is to deal with and sent his stuff fantastically fast and threw in some candies! :tup:
snaaaake & dreaded fist and tha darkside all gave me excellent advice that was very helpful in the making of both my sticks, Thanks chaps!

I hope you enjoy the pictures. please comment on my work, good or bad. :pleased:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/randomscrubs/blue.htm

Now onto making my proper sanwa. watch out fellow stick makers, this next box is gonna fell jaws! :badboy:

[b1gazn]

Damn excellent stick. You could of convinced me that you made sticks for a living.

[TheRealNeoGeo]

Damn! How tall is it :). Nice work man!

[ArcadeStickMonk]

Did you do the metal work yourself? I'm interested in details on that portion.

[nothingxs]

Holy shit, that stick is bigger than an Xbox! :D

It's still nice as hell. Props.

[Tha-Darkside]

Nice design :tup: That's one big muthaflucka, great craftsmanship too, you did a nice job on the angles. From the pictures I can't see anything bad to comment about, just don't set that in your lap, it'll dig down to the marrow ;) Keep it up :tup:

[Seduce]

haha thats sick!

[KneelB4Me]

I'll buy it for £30 :clap:

Seriously tho, REALLY nice job. Im suprised at how well its turned out and that you had little to no problems while making it. That damn M Bison of yours is gonna own up again now :xeye:

[Junkyard God]

don't knock on yourself at all, it's one of the better custom sticks i've seen outside of work done from the stick building regulars here (darkside, dreaded fist). only thing I'd say is that that thing is HUGE!

btw, where did you get metal sheeting from? home depot?

[The Mullah]

i'm not knocking myself buddy, i know when it comes o the insides, wiring, soldering, drilling and mounting sticks and buttons and artwork i'm not as good as the guys who make them regularly.

When it comes to woodwork, i dont rekon theres anything i couldn't knock up. i'll try hard to make my next box small, since i now know how much room i need for sanwa parts. i'll try and inspire some crazy woodwork, since thats the most fun part for me. As i said, i used an old box design, i made that box back when people were still modding redoctane/mas etc on the regular. now everything is custom and tiny/shiny/and great looking!! i wish i had more time, maybe this summer i'll knuckle down and get it done!

ok guys about the metal sheeting. i got it from an industrial estate near me. they don't do it in UK DIY stores. we dont have home depot. it is 1.5 mm thick brass. i tried using high grade stainless steel like a dumbass and went through a couple of drill bits etc. check out the picture, my mangled bit of steel is there. i switched to brass, it cuts easier and is strong enough. I used a 30mm cyclindrical saw to cut through. button spacing was tight, the orange screws underneath touch each other so its about as close as i could get it! if you have any other questions just let me know.

Thanks for all the positive comments guys! The stick plays great, but i suck on it, i'm losing to everyone lol

[Hail And Kill]

damn mullah, nice stick. looks great. i love the tallness and the blue color scheme!

[Shodokan123]

bit too tall for a sanwa IMO.

Nice work on the artwork none the less.

[LEVA]

Looks great, awsome job man i like the blue and white colors on it. :tup:
Btw what's that picture on the buttons base, Rasputin from worldheroes, am i wrong?

[Anticon27]

Nice stick Mullah... and as far as it being too tall... that only matters if you play with it on your lap. I play with it on a table so it could be as tall as it wants and it wouldn't affect me. :tup:

[gl0ry]

excellent job

[Holy Knight]

Thats hot. :wow:

[armad1ll0]

nice job mullah

[WaQs]

v. nice, where abouts in london are you from Mullah, see if I can get some of that brass

[ShotgunSteve]

Holy shit, that stick is bigger than an Xbox! :D

It's still nice as hell. Props.

My stick's bigger than an Xbox.

But DAMN DUDE.

Christ that thing is THICK.

But still, VERY nicly done. Especially for a first time.

[pja]

That's a sweet stick man. Nice and big. If you ever start to make these for other peeps give me a shout :) :tup:

[N-Ken]

As i said, i used an old box design, i made that box back when people were still modding redoctane/mas etc on the regular.


But people were building MAS style boxes long before that time, and your box looks like it could eat 7 MAS's and spit them out later:confused:

Dont get me wrong, the artwork and theme and all that is beautiful, great stick, except the box looks too gigantic.

[tuelpo]

It is indeed large, but also, in charge. Big stick for big gaijin hands, me likee. I'll take a Jumbo sized stick I can rest on comfortably over a tiny matchbook anyday.

[bigbadcod]

I think the picture is a little deceiving if its the same size as the Mullahs first stick then there not much bigger than an X-arcade on your lap may be a little uncomfertable but for using it on a desk its perfect, Good Job Mullah hook me up now dammit!!

[jsamans]

Very nice! The artwork is killer, what is it of?

[Tritone]

Huge, but in a good way :) That is a sweet stick, dude!

[The Mullah]

Thanks for all the comments.

The artwork is 'the great wave' http://www.andreas.com/hokusai.html and the fat guy on it is just a random photo i took of some artwork i saw while in malaysia last year.

Yeah i know its a tall stick, but picture this, i play on my bed, i sit cross legged and so its he perfect height for me. the next stick i make will be a bit smaller as it would look ab it better and now i know the size of sanwa parts i know how much i can take off the height!

it weighs 6 kilos, not bad!

about the brass, send me a pm, i'll give you the number of the guy i got it off. unfortunately i dont have time to make sticks for other people, my sticks still cost too much to build for me to sell for prices that are reasonable without me making a loss. i'm just dont have an economy of manufacture going on here.

[Sh4DoW]

Hey Mullah...i wanna make a sanwa box...what are the dimensions u used?

[The Mullah]

what for the whole box? or for the sanwa buttons and mounting plates etc only?

[SFMC]

Damn that stick is nice. Behemoth size and everything. I guess you can play without the stick tipping over eh.

[serrano pepper]

A true controller for those 360 piledrivers!

[Arcas V]

thats tight.... good job :tup:

[MuerteBringer]

thats fly

[Ouroborus]

what type of paint did you use?

[The Mullah]

sorry mate, i made the box back in early 2004, i don't remember the name of the spray paint i used. some industrial shit from what i can remember lol.

thanks for your comments, and questions. the stick still works thankfully! and to all who ask questions and get replies but don't bother saying thanks, grab some manners assholes. :tup: